KAKATOE. 
cT Anatomie co?nparee, and at the end of the first volume inserted tables 
giving diagnostic characters down to genera and also naming sections. In 
these tables to each vernacular was allotted a Latin equivalent and the 
vernaculars generally agreed with the ones given in the earlier Tableau 
elementaire. The sectional Latin names were apparently nomina nuda as 
they were based simply on a vernacular name. On the face of this conclusion 
I rejected the names proposed in the Lemons, as this ruling had been quite 
generally accepted in connection with these names. 
Comparatively recently the matter was submitted to the International 
Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for an opinion as to the recognition 
of these names. The Opinion No. 39 was given in their favour, reading : 
“ The Latin names in the systematic tables given in Cuvier 1800 (Legons 
d’ Anatomie comparee) are available in so far as they are identifiable through 
the bibliographic references given on page XIX. of the introduction.” 
This at once necessitated the reconsideration of the nomination of 
these birds, as in the Lemons on Table II. we get the following series : — 
Kakatoe . — Les Katakoes (sic) 
Psittacus I Psittacus = Les Perroquets. 
Ara = Les Aras. 
Psittacula — Les Perruches. 
Consequent!} the Latin name Kakatoe is available as it is the equivalent 
of Les Kakatoes of the Tableau elementaire. 
Since my note on Cacatoes was published, one or two workers, e.g., 
De Witt Miller, have accepted that name, but in the Jubilee Supplement, No. 2, 
of the Ibis , published in December, 1915, Ogilvie-Grant continued the usage 
of Cacatua, which was obviously wrong. In the Ibis , April, 1916, p. 301, I 
commented upon this action in the following words : — “ Cacatua. Ogilvie- 
Grant has continued the usage of this name for the genus I call Cacatoes. 
I here give the synonymy of the generic names, which shows what a poor 
claim Ogilvie-Grant’ s selection has. I will fully discuss the matter in my 
‘ Birds of Australia,’ as the matter is very complex and cannot be stated 
shortly here. 
? Kakadoe Cuvier, 1798-1800. 
Cacatoes Dumeril, 1806. 
Catacus Rafinesque, 1815. 
Plyctolo'phus Vieillot, 1816. 
Cacatua Vieillot, 1817. 
It is certain that whatever the ultimate designation of this man}/ -named genus 
may be, it will not be the last-named. At present, and probably correctly, 
I use Cacatoes.” 
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